Hail, Sandusky
- When
- May 1, 3:25 PM EST
- Where
- Sandusky County, Clyde
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -82.983
Nickel size hail was observed four miles northwest of Clyde.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 1, 2003
10 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 1, 2:20 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 1, 2:20 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 320 PM EDT THU MAY 1 2003 MOST OF AREA CRNTLY IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. WL NEED TO KP LKLY/CAT POPS FOR CWA OVRNGT FOR CONVECTION THIS EVG. ALSO MESOETA/ETA CONTINUE WITH UP VV THRU THE 1ST HALF OF THE NIGHT AS FVRBL DYNAMICS AND A DISTURBANCE ON THE FRONT MOVES THRU. FOR FRIDAY DP MSTR RMNS IN PLACE ACRS CWA BHND CDFNT. NO MAJOR FORCING IN PLACE FOR THE DAY BUT WITH N/NELY FLOW AND COLD AIR IN PLACE WL CONT WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. FRIDAY NIGHT HIGH PRES STARTS TO BLD IN FM THE NORTH ALTHOUGH MSTR TAKES ALL NIGHT AND THEN SOME TO GET OUT OF THE AREA SO WL JUST CONTINUE WITH CLDS THRU THE NIGHT. SAT SHOULD TURN OUT OK AFTER GETTING RID OF THE CLDS IN THE MORNING. WRKZFP OUT MISCLE IN A FEW .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 6:06 AM EST, 9 hours 19 minutes before
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-011300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 706 AM EDT THU MAY 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE A POSSIBILITY OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST OHIO THIS MORNING BUT THE MOST LIKELY TIME OF OCCURRENCE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. VRCEK
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:24 UTC.
Event by event
10 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Huron
- When
- May 1, 3:35 PM EST
- Where
- Huron County, Willard
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.033, -82.017
Penny size hail was observed.
Hail, Trumbull
- When
- May 1, 3:43 PM EST
- Where
- Trumbull County, Mecca
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.583, -83.133
Penny size hail was observed.
Hail, Ashland
- When
- May 1, 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Ashland County, Savannah
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.633, -82.967
Penny size hail was observed.
Hail, Medina
- When
- May 1, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Medina County, Lodi
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.033, -83.650
Penny size hail was observed four miles east of Lodi near Westfield Center.
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 1, 4:10 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County, Marion
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -82.983
Penny size hail was observed.
Hail, Richland
- When
- May 1, 4:20 PM EST
- Where
- Richland County, Plymouth
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -80.600
Penny size hail was observed.
Hail, Crawford
- When
- May 1, 4:40 PM EST
- Where
- Crawford County, Bucyrus
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.333, -80.733
Penny size hail was observed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Summit
- When
- May 1, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Summit County, Macedonia
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.967, -82.350
Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs southwest of Macedonia.
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 1, 6:03 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County, Caledonia
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.317, -81.500
Nickel size hail was observed.
Hail, Crawford
- When
- May 1, 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Crawford County, Bucyrus
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.383, -80.750
Penny size hail was observed ten miles southwest of Bucyrus.
Thunderstorm Wind, Trumbull
- When
- May 1, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Trumbull County, Cortland
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.317, -82.967
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree limb north of Cortland.
Thunderstorm Wind, Trumbull
- When
- May 1, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Trumbull County, Kinsman
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.967, -83.667
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree limb south of Kinsman.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- May 1, 7:50 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock County, Findlay
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.050, -82.733
Thunderstorm winds downed a large tree.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- May 1, 8:02 PM EST
- Where
- Hancock County, Rawson
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -82.683
Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New York, May 1, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 1 to 2, 2003
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5360386, 5360388, 5360387, 5360389, 5360468, 5360392, 5360390, 5360391, 5359620, 5360469, 5359618, 5359617, 5360470, 5359619, 5359621.